{"id":52559,"date":"2025-10-01T13:17:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T04:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=52559"},"modified":"2025-10-01T13:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T04:17:15","slug":"digimon-story-time-stranger-pre-orders-exceed-bandai-namcos-expectations-physical-copies-to-be-scarce-at-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/digimon-story-time-stranger-pre-orders-exceed-bandai-namcos-expectations-physical-copies-to-be-scarce-at-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Digimon Story: Time Stranger pre-orders exceed Bandai Namco\u2019s expectations, physical copies to be scarce at launch\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The release of <strong>Digimon Story: Time Stranger <\/strong>\u2013 the series&#8217; first new standalone entry in 10 years \u2013 is right around the corner, and pre-orders seem to be strong, particularly in Japan. On September 30, publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment announced that \u201cdue to popular demand, physical copies might be scarce during the first week of launch.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u25e4\u25e2\u25e4 \u30d1\u30c3\u30b1\u30fc\u30b8\u7248\u306b\u95a2\u3059\u308b\u304a\u77e5\u3089\u305b \u25e2\u25e4\u25e2<br>\u300c\u30c7\u30b8\u30e2\u30f3\u30b9\u30c8\u30fc\u30ea\u30fc \u30bf\u30a4\u30e0\u30b9\u30c8\u30ec\u30f3\u30b8\u30e3\u30fc\u300d\u30d1\u30c3\u30b1\u30fc\u30b8\u7248\u306b\u3064\u304d\u307e\u3057\u3066\u3001\u3054\u597d\u8a55\u306b\u3064\u304d\u767a\u58f2\u65e5\u9031\u306b\u5165\u624b\u56f0\u96e3\u306b\u306a\u308b\u53ef\u80fd\u6027\u304c\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002<br><br>\u30d1\u30c3\u30b1\u30fc\u30b8\u7248\u3092\u3054\u5e0c\u671b\u306e\u304a\u5ba2\u69d8\u306f\u3001\u304a\u65e9\u3081\u306b\u5404\u8ca9\u58f2\u5e97\u69d8\u3067\u3054\u4e88\u7d04\u3044\u305f\u3060\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3088\u3046\u304a\u9858\u3044\u3044\u305f\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002\u2026<\/p>&mdash; \u30c7\u30b8\u30e2\u30f3\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u516c\u5f0f\u30a2\u30ab\u30a6\u30f3\u30c8 (@Digimon_game) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Digimon_game\/status\/1972954130143740331?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The publisher advised fans to make timely orders if they\u2019re interested in buying the physical edition, as it could get tricky to get your hands on a copy at retailers once the game launches. In response, some commenters have already reported that their local stores have run out of stock, while others have been informed that their orders won\u2019t make it by launch day. It seems the new Digimon RPG&#8217;s popularity has significantly exceeded Bandai Namco\u2019s expectations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Developed by Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth studio Media.Vision, Time Stranger is the seventh mainline entry in the Digimon Story subseries. <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/digimon-story-time-stranger-took-7-8-years-to-make-fueled-by-the-madness-of-its-passionate-dev-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">It took a whopping 7-8 years to make<\/a>, and will boast the series largest roster of Digimon (over 450), with a story centering on the Olympos XII. The new RPG is designed to be approachable for both hardcore Digimon fans and newcomers, but the flood of pre-orders is no doubt coming from series veterans who\u2019ve grown reasonably starved for a new entry.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bandainamcoent.com\/games\/digimon-story-time-stranger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Digimon Story: Time Stranger<\/a><strong> <\/strong>launches On October 2 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. The <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1984270\/Digimon_Story_Time_Stranger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a> edition will release on October 3.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digimon Story: Time Stranger is having a happy accident &#8211; it seems pre-orders in Japan have exceeded expectations significantly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":52562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-52559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Digimon Story: Time Stranger pre-orders exceed Bandai Namco\u2019s expectations, physical copies to be scarce at launch\u00a0 - 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